Only if you have the original hydraulic system installed, which is probably 10% of Bricklins right now and I’m being generous. Most have converted to air doors (side benefit: The pump is cheap and off a Chrysler, I think) and all you need to get in one of those in the event of battery failure is a key.

There is a fine line between genius and crazy. This guy has taken a couple of steps over it.

Yes, he could, and yes, if something had happened to him while he was stuck inside, the owner (and probably BMW) could have been liable for his injuries.

Never could get into those cars. I loved Pontiac and hated to see it go (GM had the incredible knack for killing things right when they finally got everything worked out — Fiero, Pontiac G8 and GTO, etc.) but the Trans Am looked like an overwrought Camaro, and I despise nearly all things Chevy.

There’s one alternative to the socialist concept of UBI, which is at the other end of the political spectrum: Workfare.

That’s an audience issue, not a driver issue, though. And unfortunately, the drivers sometimes pay the price for the perception of their audience. I thought it might change somewhat when Juan Pablo Montoya was involved for a few years but it did not.

Sort of funny that Skinner’s “weak point” while a NASCAR driver was basically his performance on road courses. I think that speaks to the talent that the average NASCAR driver really has, where they can be thought of as weak on road courses yet actually be quite proficient at it in real-world (i.e., Goodwood, Pike’s…

I dismissed the viability of them based on the geography of the country, and no, they won’t work most of the time for most people. They will work most of the time for urban commuters and/or people who have access to a charging network plus the patience to put up with charging times. What we’re discussing here isn’t…

Short-sighted response given it’s a problem in all but about 10 states. Again, we have disconnect between Flyover America and a handful of states populated by people who think it’s finger-snapping easy for everyone else to live like them.

Here’s my issue with them (I’m on Jaguar #10 at the moment unless I’ve lost count):

Saw a bunch of Oregon rednecks set a record at Bonneville running a Detroit Diesel 16v92 locomotive engine in the back of a 1941 International dump truck once. Still had the factory steering wheel, wrapped with duct tape. They threw a rod on their confirmation run (confirmed record around 245 after running 260+ on the…

Glad to see a story here about this. I currently do this same thing myself. It would get long if I laid out all details but here’s how my approach works. I’ve done it twice now, once with Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest cars and now with Jaguars:

That’s a question with a wide range of answers. Just off the top of my head...

Since the subject is hot takes, here are mine:

I’ve driven this road and the Cherohala many times, but always in a car. I would never go through there on a bike.

I’d really like you to be correct about that but part of my job involves tracking inflow/outflow of these demographics, and we’re just not seeing what you’re describing.

If I hadn’t owned an Isuzu myself once, I’d NP this all day long. But I owned an Axiom for a couple of years, and it was the worst, most unreliable piece of junk I’ve ever owned, including everything British in my history. I plead ignorance as to whether this is the same slushbox, but we spent probably $1500 over the…

I agree there’s nothing inherently wrong with it but I think the idea is oversold. I’ve lived in both kinds of environments. My wife’s commute the last time we lived in an urban environment was 2 hours in the morning and about 1.5 hours in the evening. That meant she had, effectively, an 11.5-hour workday, a third of…

I’m aware, keenly. It’s what I do for a living (strategic economic development).

If our Millennial generation wants to help fix the problem, they can start by not abandoning rural areas for cities. Thirty years ago, about a third of America’s population lived in rural areas. Today it’s about 5% or so and dropping. There has been an incredible influx into major cities and their suburbs at the…